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TS Imagine Integrates CLSA’s AI-powered European Algo Suite into its Platform

TS Imagine, the global provider of trading, portfolio, and risk management solutions for financial institutions, has integrated CLSA’s AI-powered European algorithmic trading suite into its platform. This move is part of TS Imagine’s ongoing effort to offer cutting-edge trading tools to its clients. Investment managers who use TradeSmart, TS Imagine’s platform with pre-certified connections to…

A New Era of Bond Trading: Leveraging Automation and Liquidity Score Splitting

By Vuk Magdelinic, CEO, Overbond. Bond traders face a set of challenges not seen in most other markets for tradeable securities. There’s no comprehensive centralized record of fixed income trade price or size data because most bonds are traded over-the-counter. Additionally, many bond issues are small and trade infrequently or not at all. As a…

Aquis Exchange Acquires Minority Stake in US-based Startup OptimX

Pan-European equities market operator Aquis Exchange has taken a minority stake in OptimX Markets Inc., a US-based startup focused on block trading solutions. The investment will enable Aquis to integrate its technology platform with OptimX’s suite, which is aimed at aiding investment banks, brokers, and institutions in the block trading market. The investment totals $1.5m,…

LSEG Commits to Transition Clients from Eikon to Workspace by End of 2024

The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) intends to transition its clients from the Refinitiv Eikon platform to its newer Workspace system by the close of 2024. During LSEG’s 2023 H1  earnings call, David Schwimmer, LSEG’s chief executive, revealed that Refinitiv’s financial platform, Eikon, would be discontinued in early 2025, anticipating that the shift to Workspace…

Tradeweb Partners with LSEG’s FXall to Launch FX Swap Workflow Solution for Emerging Markets Bonds

Tradeweb Markets Inc., the electronic marketplace operator for rates, credit, equities and money markets, has launched FX Swap Workflow, a multi-asset solution designed to streamline the trading of Emerging Markets (EM) products for institutional investors. The product, developed in collaboration with LSEG’s electronic global currency platform, FXall, integrates trading workflows for local currency EM bonds…

MarketAxess to Acquire Quantitative Trading Tech Provider Pragma

MarketAxess Holdings Inc., the electronic trading platform operator for fixed-income securities, has agreed to acquire quantitative & algorithmic trading technology specialist Pragma. Pragma provides broker-neutral, multi-asset trading & execution solutions across equities, FX and fixed-income, and is used by asset managers, hedge funds, broker-dealers, banks, and exchanges across the globe. It managed over $2 trillion…

ION Boosts XTP Execution Solution with Direct Access to Cboe Europe Derivatives

Trading and risk management solutions vendor ION has upgraded its XTP Execution solution to give direct access to pan-European equity derivatives exchange Cboe Europe Derivatives (CEDX). XTP Execution offers automated trade workflow, integrated order management and execution, and robust connectivity to global markets. With CEDX’s stated aim to foster larger, more liquid markets for European…

LedgerEdge Enters Administration Amid Tough Funding Climate

London-based corporate bond trading platform, LedgerEdge, has entered administration just three years after its inception. The company launched as a multilateral trading facility (MTF) in the UK last year, with approvals from both the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and US regulatory bodies. LedgerEdge aimed to modernise the corporate bond market by combining artificial intelligence…

The Journey to T+1 Settlement: An Inside Look with Xceptor

With now less than ten months to go until the proposed live date for the transition to T+1 settlement in North America, most firms are deeply embedded in projects that will enable them to achieve that deadline, with major firms beginning their first phase of testing this month (August). However, multiple challenges still exist. In…

It’s Time to Control FX Credit

By Andrew Coyne, Founder, CobaltFX. The Global Forex Exchange Division (GFXD), the industry body which focuses on improving FX industry infrastructure, has published a paper highlighting the need for Dynamic Credit management and allocation tools in the FX market. In my view, the over-allocation of static credit limits has been an issue for far too…